Coin-safe.



T. GORDON.

/ COIN SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 23, 1907.

Patented July 6, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER T. GORDON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SAVINGS BANK MANUFACTURING CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COIN-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed October 23, 1907. Serial No. 398,719.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. GORDON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illino1s, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Safes5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a coin safes or banks, and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims:

My improvements are designed more specifically for use with the coin safe or bank shown in my prior United States LettersPatent No. 838,318, issued November 20th, 1906, although some of the features of theinvention may be applied to coin safesof other types.

As shown in the drawings :-Figure l is a side elevation of a coin safe embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of one of the members thereof. Fig. 3 is an inside elevation of the other member thereof. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the coin safe. Fig. 5 is a sectional view, taken on the indirect line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rivet for locking the members of the coin safe together. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the key used for turning the locking rivet. Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of the stem of the coin safe, showing a modified form of the locking rivet. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section, taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the locking device employed in the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

As shown in the drawings, the coin safe comprises two cup-shaped side members A and B provided with marginal circular rims or flanges a b, respectively, which fit one over the other in telescoping relation when the members are brought together to inclose the coin chamber formed between them. Said rims are provided with registering slots which, when the members are assembled, constitute a coin slot A through which coins are inserted into the coin chamber. Radial stems A B extend from corresponding parts of the peripheries of said members an constitute parts of locking means by which the members are releasably locked together. Said lugs are adapted, when the members are assembled, to fit flat together and are provided with apertures through which extend a hollow rivet C by which the members are locked together. Said rivet is rotatively mounted in the aperture of one of the stems and is adapted for releasable interlocking connection with the other stem. The rivet is shown in detail in Fig. 6 and comprises a tubular shank portion 0 which extends through the registering apertures of the stems A B and end circular heads 0 0 this being the form of the rivet when in place. The safe members are provided with other marginal locking devices, as will hereinafter appear, which are interlocked before the stems are brought together in such manner that said interlocking devices and the members cannot be separated until the rivet is turned to its releasing position.

As shown in Fi s. 1 to 6, inclusive, the rivet C is rotative y mounted in the apertured stem A of the safe member A, the heads 0 c preventing endwise withdrawal of the rivet. The head 0 of said rivet is provided with diametrically located, radial notches 0 c and the stem B of the safe member 13 is provided with diametrically located lugs I) 6 extending inwardly from the innermarginal part of the apertured portion of said stem. When placing the two members of the safe together the lugs b of the member B are brought into line or register with the notches c of said rivet, and in this position of the parts the stems A B may be pressed fiat together, the said la s 5 passing through the notches c Thereafter the rivet is rotated to angularly shift the notched portions of the rivet head out of line with said lugs and the unnotched portions thereof in front of said lugs in a manner to clamp the stems together and releasably lock the safe members from separation. In the construction shown in Figs. 8 to 10, inclusive, the location of the locking notches and lugs is reversed. In this construction, lugs c are formed on and extend radially from the head 0 of the rivet and the apertured stem B of the member B is provided on its inner marginal part with diametrically located notches b to receive said lug when the safe members are laced flatwise together preparatory to locking them together. Rotation of the hollow rivet shifts the lugs 0 angularly out of line with said notches and in front of the unnotched marginal portion of the stem, as shown in Fig. 8, thereby locking the stems and the safe members securely together.

hen the safe is to be opened the locking rivet, of either of the forms described, is rotated to bring the lugs and notches in line with each other, whereupon the stems and adjacent. parts of the safe members may be separated. Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the locking rivet in the manner described. hen the rivet is hollow, as herein shown, it may be rotated to lock and unlock the members of the safe by means of a key D, shown in Fig. 7. Said key is provided with tapered margins and is adapted to be thrust into the hollow rivet and operates by the wedging action of said tapered margins of the key with the wall of the rivet to constitute a frictional connection whereby the rivet may be rotated by the key. In the construction shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, the head a of the rivet is provided with oppositely located notches 0 which are adapted to be engaged by shoulders e of a key E that is inserted into the opening of the hollow rivet and thus cbnstitute an inter locking connection between the key and rivet by which the latter may be turned.

The interlocking connection between the rims of the safe members which cooperate with the apert'ured stems and rivet to lock said members together consists of an inwardly turned lug a on the rim a of the safe member A, located diametrically opposite the stem A which is adapted to enter a notch formed in the adjacent widened portion 6 of the rim Z) of the safe member B, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5. Said lug a is bent radially inwardly from the rim 0: and enters the notch of the rim 6 at a time when the safe members are disposed at an angle to each other and before said safe members are brought flat together to finally close the safe. Said marginal interlocking connection of the safe members is an exceedingly simple one, both with respect to the ease with which it may be made and the readiness by which the parts may be brought together and released, and forms a strong connection between said members which prevents the safe being opened by prying apart the safe members at this point.

The safe is provided with an interior coin guard located in such relation to the coin receiving slot A as to permit a coin to be readily inserted into the coin chamber, while preventing the coins finding their way outwardly from the coin chamber through said slot. Said guard comprises a ring (at made of resilient wire and divided at a point just inside the coin slot. The guard is curved throughout the principal part of its length to snugly fit the curved inner face of the rim of the safe member by which it is carried, (the member B as herein shown) the guard ring held in place by its resiliency. The end portions of said guard are bent laterally into the radial plane of the slot A to form spring arms 9, and the extreme ends 9 g of said arms are located just inside the slot A Said extreme ends of the arms are turned obliquely in opposing directions so as to provide between the same, just inside the coin slot, a space which is disposed obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the coin slot. hen a coin is inserted through the slot into the chamber it passes between the oblique ends of the arms of the guard and said arms are spread apart sufficiently to permit the coin to drop into the coin chamber. The arms thereafter spring back to their original positions, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which positions they effectively prevent coins passing outwardly through the slot.

I claim as my invention l. The combination with a coin sate comprising two lateral members formed to provide between the same a coin chamber and provided with apertured marginal locking devices, of a rivet for locking said members together, said rivet being rotatively mounted in one of said marginal locking devices and adapted by rotation thereof for releasable interlocking engagement with the other of said marginal locking devices.

2. The combination with a coin safe comprising two laterally separated members formed to provide between them a coin chamber and provided with radially extending apertured stems, of a hollow rivet extending through the apertures of said stems, said rivet being rotatively fitted to one of said stems, and interlocking connections .between said rivet and the other stem.

3. The combination with a coin safe comprising two laterally separated members iormed to provide between them a coin chamber and provided with radially extending apertured stems, of a hollow r'vet having a shank which extends through the aperture of one of the stems and is provided with two flanged heads, the other stem being provided with a radial lug and one of the heads of the rivet being provided with a notch through which said lug is adapted.

to pass, whereby, upon rotation of the rivet, the unnotched parts thereof are interlocked with said lug.

at. The combination with a coin safe, comprising two lateral members formed to provide between them a coin chamber and provided with marginal locking rims embracing at one side of the device a radial inwardly extending lug on one rim adapted for engagement with a notch in the other rim and provided at the other side of the device with radially apertured stems, of a hollow rivet extending through the aperpresence of two Witnesses, this 30th day of turecs1 of the steglsl,1 said rivet bging IOffitfibl) September, A. D. 1907. itte to one 0 t e stems, an inter 0c ing connections between the rivet and the other WALTER GORDON 5 stem. Witnesses:

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as WILLIAM L. HALL, my invention I aflix my signature in the GEORGE R. WILKINS. 

